After cop killed Justine Damond, her house was searched for blood, hair, guns and 'writings'

Investigators searched Justine Damond's home for blood, hair, guns, ammunition, knives, drugs, clothing and "writings" the morning after she was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer, a search warrant reveals.

Don Damond, who was out of town when his fiancé was killed, had not yet returned home from a business trip when investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension scoured the home.

The Damond family's attorney said he thought the search was appropriate. "If I was in charge of the investigation, I would have ordered it done," he said.

Other members of the community, including Damond's neighbors, however, have condemned the search as a hunt for evidence that would have excused police in the deadly shooting.

"Why would you search someone's house if something happened in another place and they were killed?" said Jim Miller, a resident of nearby Linden Hills. "This didn't happen at her house."

Investigators searched Justine Damond's home the morning after she was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer. (HANDOUT/REUTERS)

This is the second time in recent history that Minnesota investigators have searched the home of a person shot and killed by police.

BCA agents were issued a warrant to search Philando Castile's home after he was shot and killed by a police officer in Falcon Heights in 2016.

State agents searched Damond's home at 6:30 a.m. in the morning after she was killed for clues that might explain the circumstances surrounding her death.

Though Bennett said this was reasonable, he found that the search of Castile's home had been inappropriate.

"I find it fairly repugnant in the Castile situation, and not really repugnant at all in Justine's case," he told the Star Tribune.

Officer Mohamed Noor shot and killed Justine Damond on July 16, 2017. Investigators searched her home the following day, in hopes of gathering evidence that would better explain the circumstances surrounding her death. (Minneapolis Police)

Minnesota State Council Member Linea Palmisano said that the community in which Damond lived is outraged. Residents believe agents may have been trying to incriminate Damond.

Michael Quinn, a retired Minneapolis police sergeant and CEO of the International Ethics and Leadership Training Bureau said it's unusual for police to search the home of a victim.

"I'm not sure why they decided to get a search warrant for her house. That struck me as odd also," Quinn told the Star Tribune.

He doesn't, however believe that investigators were seeking to excuse the shooting, saying those who held suspicions paranoid.